CrowdStrike apologises for Microsoft outage, offers $10 gift card to affected IT workers

CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, apologized for a faulty update that crashed 8.5 million computers globally, offering a $10 Uber Eats gift card to affected users. The update, intended to improve threat detection, caused widespread disruptions in aviation and healthcare sectors. Some users reported issues redeeming the gift card. CrowdStrike reverted the defective update the same day.